Beth Tfiloh Program Guide 09-12 2016

THE BETH TFILOH EXPERIENCE Programs for Adults, Families & Children of All Ages

September-December 2016 • 5776-5777

Welcome AS A CONGREGATION AND SCHOOL dedicated to serving the most diverse and vibrant Jewish community on the national scene, Beth Tfiloh offers an extensive calendar of services, programs and events that is truly unparalleled. There is something for everyone at BT — for adults, families, and children from toddlers to teens — to enrich Jewish learning and to foster a sense of community through our BT CARES! social action program.

From Shabbat services and Yom Tov celebrations to weekly adult classes for the novice and advanced learner alike, to a vast offering of youth and family programs, Beth Tfiloh is committed to embracing your family’s desire to further explore their love of Judaism from generation to generation. We look forward to being part of your extended family again this year.

Rabbi Mitchell Wohlberg Mrs. Zipora Schorr Director of Education Sandy Vogel MERCAZ Dahan Center for Jewish Life & Learning Cherie Brownstein Beth Tfiloh Youth Center Lindsay Gaister BT CARES! Social Action

ABOUT THE COVER The cover artwork, depicting the four seasons surrounding the Tree of Life, is composed of the final murals created by each of the Beth Tfiloh Middle School teams as part of their annual Color War competition.

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Shabbat at Beth Tfiloh

eth Tfiloh’s weekly Shabbat line-up provides a choice of services with a number of “user-friendly” enhancements. A full complement of children’s and teen services in addition to babysitting make the Modern Orthodox services especially attractive to families with young children. Our halachically-approved Tzomet sound system, a mechitza, and increased participation by women are innovations which aim to expand the appeal of this unique house of worship. The BT Minyan service on Shabbat morning and Yomim Tovim provides a participatory service in a more intimate setting to enable Beth Tfiloh to serve the broadest cross section of Modern Orthodoxy. Inspiring “talk of the town” sermons by Rabbi Mitchell Wohlberg, Rabbi Chai Posner, and the melodic baritone of Hazzan Avi Albrecht, make Beth Tfiloh’s service truly unique on the American Jewish scene.

Rabbi Mitchell Wohlberg

Rabbi Chai Posner

FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE!!

Rabbi Chaim Wecker

Hazzan Avi Albrecht

For Adults

Start Shabbat with your BT family at Friday Night Live, sponsored by the BT Brotherhood! Enjoy engaging Divrei Torah, delicious appetizers, refreshing spirits and comradery you won’t find anywhere else. All are welcome! September 2, October 7, November 4, December 9

SHABBAT SERVICES take place

weekly at 8:45 am in the Dahan Sanctuary and 9:15 am at the BT Minyan in the Epstein Chapel.

SHABBAT MORNING CLASS

range from Jewish thought to the weekly Parshah to Jewish law. The classes are always interactive, lively, and accessible. Texts are available in English, making this class perfect for everyone: young and old, men and woman, experts and beginners.

Mincha and Seudah Shlishit (the third Shabbat meal) follow immediately after the class.

“WHAT’S ON THE RABBI’S MIND?” Several times during the year, meet with our rabbis for a half-hour post-Kiddush discussion on news, books and topics of interest. Let’s get together and get to know each other: October 29, November 12, December 17, February 18, March 25

RABBI CHAIM WECKER

Start Shabbat morning off with an in-depth class led

by Rabbi Wecker at 8:10 am.

SHABBAT AFTERNOON CLASS Every Shabbat afternoon our rabbis lead a stimulating session of Torah study 50 minutes before Mincha in the Epstein Chapel. Topics

ALIYOT & HONORS To request an aliyah or other honor on Shabbat, holidays or during weekday services, please contact Rabbi Chaim Wecker, Ritual Director, at cwecker@btfiloh.org or 410-413-2218.

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Children, Teens & Families

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eth Tfiloh is blessed with a most dynamic and charismatic team of service leaders for children’s Shabbat & Yom Tov services. At our weekly services, children and teens are engaged at their own level. Our leaders are professionals who love working with your children and sharing their enthusiasm for Shabbat. Come often and make each Shabbat your special family time!

BABYSITTING

LOWER SCHOOL KID CONG

Babysitting for children (infant-age 4) is available on Shabbat and Yom Tov at 10 am through the end of services by trained teens. Cookie Minyan and Mini Minion both begin at 10:45 am.

Kid Cong (Junior Congregation) is a highly participatory service for children in grades 1-4 and Hebrew School classes MechinaDaled that is led by the charismatic Mr. Brian Singer, whose creativity keeps kids engaged and active. Services take place weekly and on holidays from 10-11:45 am. Our themed Kid Cong will be Brian Singer even more special with wild and crazy ways to connect to the parshah and holidays. Check the calendar for all of our special themes! We begin the year with a Back to School Raffle Shabbat followed the next week with a Ravens Dress Up Shabbat.

PRESCHOOL COOKIE MINYAN Our PreSchool Service, “Cookie Minyan,” brings together parents and our youngest congregants, infant through age 3 ½ in an interactive parent/child service led by BT PreSchool teacher Marci Globerman.

This weekly service begins at 10:45 am on Shabbat and holidays and engages everyone through song, prayer, stories, activities and a tot-friendly kiddush.Regular Marci Globerman visits by other teachers and our clergy are an integral part of the morning. Babysitting is available beginning at 10 am.

A special Kiddush will be held to celebrate with families of different grades throughout the year: Dec 10: 2nd grade; February 4: 1st grade; February 25: 3rd and 4th Grade; May 13: Hebrew School

W! NEMINI MINION For children age 4 through Kindergarten, we have a drop off service with PreSchool teacher Jody Levey and preschool teacher and music specialist Becky Gordon that will give children more active and independent participation. They will Jody Levey Becky Gordon have the opportunity to learn prayers, play age-appropriate games, and engage in activities to make participation fun. A special moving up ceremony will be held for the Kindergarten participants in the later part of the year as they join the Lower School Kid Cong.

MIDDLE SCHOOL MINYAN Students in grades 5-8 and Hebrew School classes Hay and Vav spend Shabbat morning at our weekly Middle School Minyan, led by BT alum Adam Hariri ‘12 and Coach Eli Adam Hariri ‘12 Eli Creeger ‘03 Creeger ‘03 in room 265.

This Minyan gives students the opportunity to spend Shabbat and holidays with friends, reinforce their Hebrew reading and davening skills, and participate in an occasional “Ask the Rabbi” session. Each week includes a delicious and varied Kiddush.

Grade level STARTS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 !! Shabbatonim will be held throughout the year through our School.

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Special enhanced Kiddush Lunches for participating Cookie and Mini Minion families will be held on September 17, November 19, January 7, March 25, May 20, and June 3, featuring special guest teachers from our PreSchool and Lower School.

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Mini-Minion

MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS SERVICE

FOR children age 4 through Kindergarten

Middle Schoolmorning girls are invited to join MEETS every Shabbat Mrs. Next to Katz the Ryndand RoomGal Yossef each 10:45 am /Amy

Shabbat at 10 am in Room 264 for a girlsonly service. The service will include both A NEW drop-off service for 4 year-olds prayer and discussion of the meaning through Kindergarten A fun, participatory service with of creative prayer, topical investigations, and puppets, songs, stories and games. special shmooze time.

Combined “Ask the Kiddush treats each week Rabbi” along with the grade level Right next doorsessions to our Cookie Minyan (for age 3 and younger) Shabbatonim are also held.

Led by Morah Jody Levey & Morah Becky Gordon BABYSITTING BEGINS AT 10 AM

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Amy Katz

BAR/BAT MITZVAH PROGRAM The Beth Tfiloh B’nai Mitzvah Program has been developed to prepare B’nai Mitzvah students for the responsibilities of Jewish adulthood and provide them and their families with a meaningful and memorable Jewish life-cycle experience.

Beth Tfiloh’s B’nai Mitzvah students and their parents meet monthly with Rabbi Wohlberg for family education revolving around synagogue life, rituals and life cycle, and topical issues of current interest. Our rabbis meet individually with students to help personalize and enrich a course of learning leading up to their Bar/Bat Mitzvah in consort with the Bar/Bat Mitzvah teacher. Students also participate in a series of hands-on projects that prepare them to take on adult mitzvot in addition to doing their own mitzvah project. Our 2017 students will participate in a Tefillin Program sponsored by our Brotherhood.

Bar and Bat Mitzvah dates are assigned to children of Beth Tfiloh members at least two years in advance of the calendar year of their 13th birthday. Dates for 2017 and 2018 have been assigned to those who have requested them. Dates for 2019 will be completed in the winter of 2017. For more information on getting an assigned date, please contact Eve Kresin Steinberg at 410-413-2251. For questions about programming, please contact Cherie Brownstein at 410-413-2220.

TEEN MINYAN Teen Minyan is a student-led service held in the High School Beit Midrash that allows both young men and women to take part in the Shabbat experience. Services are conducted weekly on Shabbat and on holidays. A special Kiddush follows each service, prepared especially for this devoted group of youngsters who will no doubt Stan Lustman become our future Minyanaires. Mr. Stan Lustman assists with this service, together with a rotation of young adults who provide excellent role models for our students.

MINYAN MEYUCHAD Beth Tfiloh sponsors a monthly Minyan Meyuchad service for teens and adults with special needs, led by Mrs. Susan Coleman and Mrs. Miriam Rosenberg. Participants take part in an adapted meaningful Shabbat service followed by Shabbat lunch. Signing for the hearing impaired is provided. September 10; October 3 (RH); October 12 (YK); November 5; December 10; January 7; February 4; March 4; April 1; May 6; June 3

SHABBAT AND HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS Throughout the year, there are creative and exciting celebrations of holidays and special Shabbatot for families and the Shul community. Our first Shabbat dinner will be held on November 11 as Beth Tfifloh’s participation in the International Shabbat Project. Other meals have been planned including themed kiddushes for Chanukah and Yom Haatzmaut, and honoring our students and families throughout the year.

BT Cares! The Beth Tfiloh Social Action Committee BT Cares Social Action is dedicated to enriching the lives of those less fortunate.

This year will include a variety of hands-on projects that will benefit different facilities including Baltimore Station, GEDCO, Helping Up Mission, Beans and Bread, MCVET, CHANA, Paul’s Place, and more. In the fall and winter, Beth Tfiloh will collect school supplies as part of the Governor’s Days to Serve, host our annual Blood Drive and Wolfe Street Clothing Drive, and serve as a Mitzvah Room Partner for The Associated’s Community Mitzvah Day. HELP LUNCHES: By bringing in bagged lunches or sending an extra lunch with your child two Fridays per

month, the Homeless Extra Lunch Program (HELP) will help support needy families in our area: September 16 and 30, October 28, November 18, December 9 and 16, January 13 and 27, February 10 and 24, March 17 and 31, April 28, May 5 and 19. No peanut butter, please.

Beth Tfiloh affiliates, including the School, Hebrew School, Congregation, Brotherhood, Sisterhood, Mercaz, B’nai Mitzvah, and BT Camps, will participate in BT Cares events. Please check the calendar and Social Action webpage for more opportunities to get involved: www.bethtfiloh.com/btcares.

For additional information, please contact Lindsay Gaister, Director of Social Action: lgaister@btfiloh.org.

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MERCAZ Fall Semester A REMARKABLE FALL SEMESTER THREE WEDNESDAY EVENINGS - NOVEMBER 2, 9, 16

Session 1, 7-8 pm Sibling Rivalries: Does God Play Favorites?

DR. CHRISTOPHER LEIGHTON/RABBI MITCHELL WOHLBERG Explore questions of how Jews and Christians build our identities in relationship to one another and to God. We will analyze a number of biblical stories that we share and one narrative that we do not hold in common.

Dr. Leighton is an ordained Presbyterian minister and is the former Executive Director of the Institute for Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies.

Co-sponsored by the Baltimore Jewish Council

Session 2, 8-9 pm

Choose one exciting elective course: Sex, Religion and Anti-Semitism in the Supreme Court

The Truth Behind the Myth

MRS. BARBARA BLUMBERG

Explore and expose popular misconceptions about Judaism.

Nine members of the Supreme Court make decisions that have affected millions of Americans for over 240 years. We will take a look at some past decisions that involve sex and religion. From sterilization to prayer in the schools, to the legality of the use of birth control in the privacy of our own home, the Court has weighed in on these issues and many more. Also learn the role that anti-Semitism played historically in the highest court in the land.

Mrs. Blumberg taught general studies at Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School for 25 years. She is now an adjunct faculty member at the Community College of Baltimore County, at Osher Life Long Learning Institute at Towson University and at the Renaissance Academy for the Florida Gulf State University.

The Power of the Image–Depicting the Jew in Art from the Ancient World to the Present MRS. ANGELA MUNITZ We will uncover the history behind and the circumstances surrounding the visual metaphors, symbols and clues illustrating the Jew as enigmatic and evil, wise and wicked, neutral or negative and explore the history of the creative visual vocabulary artists have employed to create and communicate an anti-Semitic construct.

Mrs. Munitz is a member of Beth Tfiloh, an artist and an art historian.

MRS. CHANA SLAVATICKI

Mrs. Slavaticki teaches Judaic studies at Beth Tfiloh High School and the Mercaz. She lectures across the United States on issues related to Jewish life, finding meaning, and womanhood.

Advanced Israeli Dance (Co-Ed) MARKIDA MONA ATKINSON Enjoy advanced Israeli dancing with Markida Mona Atkinson. Perfect opportunity for experienced Israeli dancers of all ages to have fun! Learn one or two new dances per session and enjoy your favorites as well. (8-9:30 pm) Talented Israeli dancer Mona Atkinson participated in Yesodot, an Israeli dance troupe which performed internationally, as well as in the professional NY Israeli dance group Paparim. This year she will DJ at the Israeli dance camp Gvanim in Pennsylvania. Mona teaches Israeli dance at the DC JCC and at several synagogues in the DC area.

Shabbat & Yom Tov Home Hospitality Beth Tfiloh is our home for Shabbat and Yom Tov services.

Opening your home or being a guest in someone’s home for a Shabbat or Yom Tov meal is a way to make and strengthen relationships between fellow congregants.

Please consider Sharing Shabbat with members of our Beth Tfiloh community for the holidays or Shabbat all year round.

Please contact Holly Venick, hvenick@btfiloh.org, if you would like to be a part of this ongoing program.

This program is brought to you by the Synagogue Life Committee and Share Shabbat chairs Bess Gilden and Sonia Maltinsky.

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MERCAZ Dahan Center for Jewish Life & Learning WEEKLY AND MONTHLY ADULT CLASSES Living Room Learning

Hebrew Reading Classes

MR. PHIL JACOBS (FORMER EDITOR OF THE BALTIMORE JEWISH TIMES), FACILITATOR

MRS. ELANA VOGEL BEGINNER’S CRASH COURSE, 7 PM: Feel more comfortable in shul with this crash course in Hebrew reading. By the end of five weeks you will be reading Hebrew! No fee. (Co-sponsored by the National Jewish Outreach program)

This study group meets monthly on Sundays at 7:30 pm for lively discussion. No fee. Contact the Mercaz office at 410-413-2321.

Dates: TBD

Mercaz Book Clubs MRS. HALAINE STEINBERG, FACILITATOR We are pleased to feature an impressive selection of books of Jewish interest. Read and discuss the season’s best, most thoughtprovoking books. This year’s Book Club is being offered on Mondays at 12:15 pm or Wednesdays at 10:30 am and our selections are:

INTERMEDIATE, 8 PM: Enhance your Hebrew reading skills using the Koren Siddur so that you can more fully understand and participate in Shabbat services.

Meets weekly on Tuesdays, November 1, 8, 15, 22, 29

The Lunch Bunch A monthly program providing lunch, entertainment, music and speakers in the company of new and not-so-new friends.

Meets monthly at 12 pm on Wednesdays: September 28, No October, November 16, December 21, January 18, No February, March 8, April 5, May 10 and June 7. Special fee. Advance reservations required.

• Henna House by Nomi Eve • Orphan #8 by Kim van Alkemade • The Bridal Chair by Gloria Goldreich • In the Courtyard of the Kabbalist by Ruchama King Feuerman • Free Spirit: Growing Up on the Road and Off the Grid by Joshua Safran • The Extra by A. B. Yehoshua and Stuart Schoffman • Here I Am by Jonathan Safron Foer • My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me by Jennifer Teeze and Nikola Sellmair • The Best Place on Earth: Stories by Ayelet Tsabari

Challah-luya

Mondays at 12:15 pm: September 26, October 31, November 28, December 19, January 30, February 27, March 20, April 24, May 15

The theme for this year will be “The Meaning Behind the Mitzvah.”

Explore the deeper significance and symbolism behind popular mitzvot as well as more obscure ones. Learn how Jewish practice aims to connect you to God, others and yourself, in relevant and meaningful ways.

Wednesdays at 10:30 am: September 28, November 2, November 30, December 21, February 1, March 1, March 22, April 26, May 17

“Best of” Talmud Class RABBI CHAI POSNER In-depth study of some of the most noteworthy sections of the Talmud. Gain insight into the eternal wisdom of the Gemara. Open to men and women of all levels. No fee.

Meets weekly on Tuesdays at 7 pm (except for Jewish and legal holidays), November 1 – May 23

Participate in all three sessions or individual sessions. 7 pm. Special fees. Sponsored by Mercaz, PA and Sisterhood Tuesday, September 27: Round Challahs for Rosh Hashanah Monday, November 21: What to Do with Challah Leftovers Thursday, March 30: Charoset in Sephardic Communities

The Larry Katz Downtown Lunch & Learn RABBI CHAI POSNER

Meets offsite* the first Thursday of the month, 12–1 pm: November 3, December 8 (special date), January 5, February 2, March 2, April 6, May 4. (Bring your own lunch, beverages will be provided.)

MERCAZ LENDING LIBRARY: BOOKS AND VIDEOS Through the generosity of Dr. and Mrs. Frank Silverman (z”l) MERCAZ is able to provide a lending library of both books and videos that reflect the richness of Jewish thought and variety of Jewish experience.

Located in the Tuvin Library next to the MERCAZ office, the library offers an array of books–fiction, memoirs, biographies, Jewish history, current affairs, self help, and cooking–and a collection of outstanding Israeli and Jewish films.

MERCAZ Library Hours: Monday–Thursday: 10 am–3 pm; Friday: 9–11 am. Closed holidays and weekends.

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MERCAZ Dahan Center for Jewish Life & Learning ADVANCED JEWISH LEARNING The Seymour Yaffe Scholars Program for Advanced Jewish Learning Seymour “Siggy” Yaffe, past President of Beth Tfiloh Congregation, was a most beloved and respected member of Beth Tfiloh. This year’s theme is “Lessons in Jewish Leadership.”

Special fees apply.

Schedule: Most Wednesday evenings at 6:30 pm for dinner (beginning November 29), followed by the Shiur at 7 pm.

October 26 – Shulem Deen, Author & Columnist, 7:30 pm November 2 – 7 pm, Rabbi Mitchell Wohlberg/Dr. Christopher Leighton, Fall Semester; 8 pm, Mrs. Zipora Schorr, TBA November 9 – 7 pm, Rabbi Mitchell Wohlberg/Dr. Christopher Leighton, Fall Semester; 8 pm, Rabbi Mitchell Wohlberg, “Miriam/Zipporah” November 16 – 7 pm, Rabbi Mitchell Wohlberg/Dr. Christopher Leighton, Fall Semester; 8 pm, Rabbi Mitchell Wohlberg, “Judah/Joseph” November 29 (Tuesday) – Rabbi Shmuel Silber, “Avraham Avinu” December 7 – Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, “Achav/Elijah” December 13 & 20 (Tuesdays) – Rabbi Shmuel Silber, “Moshe Rabbeinu/Dovid Hamelech, Part I” January 18 & 25 – Mrs. Rachel Levitt-Klein, “Jeremiah” January 31 (Tuesday) – Rabbi Shmuel Silber, “Moshe Rabbeinu/ Dovid Hamelech, Part II” February 8 – Rabbi Uri Topolosky (Beth Joshua, Aspen Hills, MD), TBA February 15 – Rabbi Yisrael Motzen (Ner Tamid), “Achashverosh / Mordechai February 22 & March 1 – Rabbi Susan Grossman (Beth Shalom, Columbia, MD), “Rabbi Meir/Beruriah” & “Vashti/Esther” March 8 – Rabbi Nathaniel Helfgot (Yeshivat Chovevei Torah), “Rabbi Isaac Halevi Herzog/The Chazon Ish” March 15 – Rabbi Yisrael Motzen, “Abarbanel/Gracia Mendes” March 22 – TBA March 29 – Rabbi Andrew Rosenblatt (Schara Tzedeck, Vancouver), “Politics and Piety: A Retrospective on Da’at Torah and Its Relationship to the State of Israel on a Sociological and a Political Level” April 5 – TBA April 19 – TBA April 26 – Rabbi David Fohrman, “The Messianic Idea” and “The Messiah That Could Have Been”

BT in the AM Inspire your thinking and creativity through courses rich with ideas and text study touching on every aspect of modern Jewish life.

Enrollment is open to Jewish men and women from all backgrounds and learning levels. This premier Jewish learning program consists of three sessions with a choice of outstanding classes.

Choose one class in each time period to attend for the year: The Development of Modern Israel: An Interactive Experience Through Art, Music, Dance and More!, Mrs. Elana Moskowitz 9 am - Learn about Israel and dance–all in one class! Talented Elana Moskowitz will give you a taste of Israel that you will find surprising and introduce you to Israeli dance which reflects the multi-ethnic makeup of Israel.

From Twelve Tribes to Nationhood, Rabbi Benyamin Moss/Mrs. Chana Slavaticki 9 am - Rediscover the Books of Exodus and Numbers.

Moments That Matter and Make Us What We Are, Rabbi Mitchell Wohlberg/ Mrs. Zipora Schorr 10 am - Analyze the life of Jews from the Crusades and Black Plague to the many other momentous events that make us Jews what we are today.

Israel & The Media, Mr. Phil Jacobs 10 am - Examine different forms the media takes while covering the very same news event or feature. Participants will be placed in the position of “Editor” or “Assignment Editor” given actual stories and asked for coverage strategy. Then we will compare their ideas to what actually happened in the coverages of media companies ranging from Ha’aretz to Times of Israel to the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, CNN, Fox and others.

Laughter, Theatre and Brains, Dr. Neil Rubin 11 am - Discover how Jews and Jewish values keep making America unique! George Burns, Emma Goldman, Barbara Streisand, Larry David and Mandy Patinkin not only were and are great at their craft, but attributed much of their values to be Jewish. How did their understanding of being Jewish push them and what does that mean to us today?

Prayer, Rabbi Chai Posner 11 am - Discover the real meaning of the prayers you have been saying all of your lives!

Mrs. Elana Moskowitz

Rabbi Benyamin Moss

Mrs. Zipora Schorr

Dr. Neil Rubin

May 3 –Rabbi David Fohrman, “The Messianic Idea” and “The Messiah That Could Have Been” May 10 – Rabbi Benyamin Moss, “Rav Kook” May 17 – Mrs. Laura Shaw Frank, “Ben Gurion/Jabotinsky” May 24 – Rabbi Steven Exler, “R’ Akiva / R’ Yishmael” 8

Enroll in any Advanced Jewish Learning Program and receive special discounts to many other Mercaz programs and free participation in the Fall Semester classes and Monthly Book Club.

MERCAZ Registration Form 2016 FALL SEMESTER AND ADULT EDUCATION CLASSES

FEE: $35 for Beth Tfiloh Members and Current School Parents $50 for the General Public. For one low fee, choose as many classes as fit your schedule!

ENROLL ONLINE AT WWW.BETHTFILOH.COM/REGISTER OR MAIL REGISTRATION FORM AND YOUR CHECK TO: MERCAZ/Beth Tfiloh Congregation, 3300 Old Court Road, Baltimore, MD 21208 NAME______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ STREET_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CITY_______________________________________________________ STATE ____________ ZIP CODE ___________________________ HOME PHONE _______________________________________ WORK PHONE_________________________________________________ EMAIL ADDRESS____________________________________________________________________________________________________

q Beth Tfiloh Member/School Parent

q General Public

WEDNESDAY EVENING FALL SEMESTER CLASSES: NOVEMBER 2, 9, 16 q Sibling Rivalries: Does God Play Favorites?: Rabbi Mitchell Wohlberg/Dr. Christopher Leighton, 7 pm CHOOSE ONE ELECTIVE COURSE AT 8 pm q Sex, Religion and Anti-Semitism in the Supreme Court, Mrs. Barbara Blumberg q The Power of the Image–Depicting the Jew in Art, Mrs. Angela Munitz q The Truth Behind the Myth, Mrs. Chana Slavaticki q Advanced Israeli Dance, Markida Mona Atkinson (8-9:30 pm)

OTHER WEEKLY AND MONTHLY CLASSES - START DATES VARY SUNDAYS q Living Room Learning, meets monthly, 7:30 pm, NO FEE MONDAYS q MERCAZ Book Club, meets monthly, 12:15 pm, Mrs. Halaine Steinberg TUESDAYS q “Best of” Talmud Class, meets weekly, 7 pm, Rabbi Chai Posner, NO FEE q Hebrew Reading: Beginner’s Crash Course, meets for five weekly sessions, 7 pm, Mrs. Elana Vogel, NO FEE q Hebrew Reading: Intermediate, meets for five weekly sessions, 8 pm, Mrs. Elana Vogel WEDNESDAYS q MERCAZ Book Club, meets monthly, 10:30 am, Mrs. Halaine Steinberg THURSDAYS q The Larry Katz Downtown Lunch and Learn, meets monthly, 12 pm (off site), Rabbi Chai Posner

For Advanced Learning classes (BT in the AM and Yaffe Scholars) enroll online at www. bethtfiloh.com/register or call 410-413-2321 9

Help Us To Serve You!

O Beth Tfiloh Professional Network All Beth Tfiloh members, school parents, alumni and faculty members are invited to connect with the many outstanding professionals in the Beth Tfiloh community, both online through our LinkedIn group, and at networking meetings held at BT throughout the year. This dynamic, growing group provides a forum for networking, professional resources, and sharing of connections. Professional Networking Events: November 8, January 12, March 15, May 9 To join our online group, go to www.linkedin.com, search for “Beth Tfiloh Professional Network” and click “Join.” Look for news of upcoming meetings this fall. For details, contact the Mercaz Office at 410-413-2306 or mercaz@btfiloh.org.

Beth Tfiloh Website

ur tradition teaches that it is customary for us to honor meaningful occasions in our lives, be they joyous or difficult times, by giving tzedakah (charity).

Giving tzedakah is a tangible way to show gratitude for the blessings that we all have in our lives. In Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers 3:7) it states, “Rabbi Elazar of Bartosa would say: Give Him what is His, for you, and whatever is yours, are His.” I encourage you to consider honoring your smachot and yahrzeits by making a gift to Beth Tfiloh in one of the following ways.

-Rabbi Mitchell Wohlberg

SHABBAT SPONSORSHIP OPTIONS: Full Kiddush: Beginning at $1,500 Wine: $500 Flowers: $300 Seudah Shlishit: $300 Simcha plaque: $360

OTHER OPTIONS: Brotherhood brick: $90

Gifts of $18 and above to these funds will be acknowledged in the Bulletin:

Dues Assistance Fund Youth Services Fund

Mercaz Dahan Fund Scholarship Funds

Please contact Eve Kresin Steinberg, Executive Director, at 410-413-2251 or esteinberg@btfiloh.org for more information.

MERCAZ Committee Visit the Beth Tfiloh website for the most up-to-date schedule of services, calendar of events and programs, with the convenience of online registration plus sermons, online donations, news, photos, videos and more!

BT on Facebook and Twitter Follow Beth Tfiloh on Facebook and on Twitter — with the very latest updates including school news, photos and videos, posts and sermons by Rabbi Wohlberg, timely articles, and upcoming events.

Visit our social media sites below and be sure to “like” us on Facebook and “follow” us on Twitter.

• facebook.com/BethTfiloh • facebook.com/BethTfilohCongregation • facebook.com/BethTfilohAlumni • facebook.com/MitchellWohlberg • twitter.com/RabbiWohlberg 10

Shelley Kaye and Anne Pfeffer, Co-Chairs

Norman La Cholter

Sandy Vogel, Director

Dr. Loryn Lesser

Debbie Leibowitz, Administrative Assistant Terry Alpert Dr. Louis Baer Devorah Brooks Robert Brooks Debra Gail Friedland Teri Gitlitz Stanley Hass Margie Herman Cheryl King

Marcia Leavey Sonia Maltinsky Sheila Mentz Ellen Miller Searle Mitnick Sheldon Polun Dr. Steven Pruce Rena Rank Betty Reichenberg Josef Rosenblatt Eve Kresin Steinberg Holly Venick

SEPTEMBER | OCTOBER | NOVEMBER | DECEMBER

The Year @ Beth Tfiloh

HOLIDAYS @ A GLANCE Yom HaZikaron Sunday, April 30

Rosh Hashanah Monday, October 3 – Tuesday, October 4

Chanukah Friday, December 25 – Sunday, January 1

Fast of Gedaliah Wednesday, October 5

Fast of Tevet Sunday, January 8

Yom Kippur Tuesday, October 11 - Kol Nidre Wednesday, October 12

Tu B’Shevat Saturday, February 11

Sukkot Monday, October 17 – Sunday, October 23

Shavuot Wednesday, May 31 – Purim Saturday, March 11 - Megillah Reading Thursday, June 1 Sunday, March 12 Fast of Tammuz 17 Tuesday, July 11 Pesach Tuesday, April 11 – Tisha B’Av Tuesday, April 18 Tuesday, August 1

Hoshanah Rabbah Sunday, October 23 Shemini Atzeret Monday, October 24 Simchat Torah Tuesday, October 25

Fast of Esther Thursday, March 9

Yom HaShoah Monday, April 24

Yom HaAtzma’ut Monday, May 1 Lag B’Omer Sunday, May 14 Yom Yerushalayim Wednesday, May 24

Holidays begin on the prior evening at sundown.

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September

ADULTS ONLY

Thursday, September 8

Mondays, September 19, 26

BROTHERHOOD MEN’S NIGHT OUT

Thursday, September 8 n Beth Tfiloh Brotherhood’s Men’s Night n BT in the AM

Tuesday, September 20 n Sisterhood Opening Meeting - “Made in Israel: Why BDS is a Bad Idea”

Tuesday, September 27 n Challah-luya: “Challah Baking for Rosh Hashanah” Kids and B’nei Mitzvah are welcome

Monday & Wednesday, September 26 & 28 n Mercaz Book Club: Henna House by Nomi Eve Featuring elegant hors d’oeuvres including carving stations, single malt scotches, Fine Arturo Fuente & Padron Cigars and a Texas Hold ’Em tournament with fabulous prizes. Bring an unwrapped gift to donate to patients at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center.

Saturday, September 24 Machzor Tidbits Rabbi Mitchell Wohlberg/Rabbi Chai Posner

Wednesday, September 28 n Lunch Bunch

BT CARES Thursday, September 1 – Friday, September 9 n High School–School Supply Collection

Thursday, September 8 n Toy Collection at Brotherhood Men’s Night Out to benefit patients at the Johns Hopkins’ Children’s Center

Tuesday, September 13 n Yachad Program

Friday, September 16 & Friday, September 30 n HELP Lunches (see p. 14)

Sunday, September 18

Wrap it Up: A Tefillin Refresher Saturday, September 24

KUMSITZ & SELICHOT A musical welcome to the High Holiday season with the Hazzan Avi Albrecht & Kol Fusion a cappella group, guitarist Avraham Rosenblum and his band, begins with a dairy dessert reception and coffee bar.

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Has it been awhile since you put on tefillin? Are you looking to elevate or enhance your Jewish observance this year? Maybe you just need a tefillin “refresher”? Join Rabbi Chai Posner and Rabbi Chaim Wecker for this tefillin workshop and breakfast sponsored by the BT Brotherhood. We will give a special welcome to our Bnai Mitzvah Class of 2017.

SCHOOL & YOUTH

Saturday, September 3

Wednesday, September 7

n All Youth Shabbat Services Resume & First Mini Minion

n Lower School Back to School Night

Saturday, September 10 n Kid Cong: Ravens Kickoff Shabbat n Minyan Meyuchad n B’nai Mitzvah Program

Saturday, September 17 n Guest Morah in Cookie Minyan and Mini-Minion

Friday, September 9 n High School Shabbatfest

Sunday, September 11 n Sunday Sports: Soccer Begins n Hebrew School Begins n Brotherhood/Sisterhood E-Cycling & Shredding, 9-11 am in the Synagogue Circle (no TVs or monitors)

n Special PreSchool Family Kiddush Lunch

Wednesday, September 14

Saturday, September 24

n Middle School Back to School Night

n Machzor Tidbits

Sunday, September 18

n Kid Cong: Sorry Tournament n Selichot: Kumsitz & Service

SEPTEMBER

SHABBAT AND HOLIDAYS

n Tefillin Workshop

Sunday, September 18, 25 n Sunday Sports: Soccer

Sunday, September 25

Family Apple Picking

Wednesday, September 21 n PreSchool Back to School Night

Sunday, September 25 n Family Apple Picking Event

Wednesday, September 28 n High School Back to School Night

Tuesday, September 27

CHALLAH-LUYA

“Challah Baking for Rosh Hashanah”

Bring home the apples for your sweet New Year at our apple and fruit/vegetable picking trip with other families and the rabbis at Baugher’s Farm. Enjoy this hands-on opportunity to involve your children in getting ready for Rosh Hashanah in your home.

It has become the widespread custom to bake round and very sweet challot for Rosh Hashanah.

The round shape symbolizes the yearly cycle and the “wheel of time.” It also symbolizes perfection and infinity, expressing our hope for a year free of troubles and full of blessing.

Children and grandchildren welcome. Special welcome to our 2017 Bat Mitzvah class and their mothers or special friends. Co-sponsored by Mercaz, the BT Parent Association & Sisterhood.

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October

SCHOOL AND YOUTH

OPENING MERCAZ PROGRAM

Sunday, October 9

Wednesday, October 26

SHULEM DEEN

“All Who Go Do Not Return” Shulem Deen is the author of the award-winning memoir, “All Who Go Do Not Return”, an account of growing up in and then leaving the Skverers, one of the most insular Hasidic sects in the U.S. He is a columnist for “The Forward,” and in 2015 was listed in the “Forward 50,” an annual list of American Jews with outsized roles on political and social issues. His articles have appeared in “The New Republic,” “Salon,” “Tablet Magazine,” and elsewhere.

He is a board member of Footsteps, an organization that offers assistance and support to those who have left the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community.

HELP Lunches On designated dates, one or two Fridays per month, please send an extra lunch with your child.

Lunches will be collected and delivered to Beans & Bread, a homeless day resource program that serves 300 people daily.

HELP Lunches are sponsored by the High School Student Government, the Lower School and Middle School Students Councils, and the PreSchool Tikkun Olam Committee.

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Sundays, October 9, 16, 23, 30 n Sunday Sports: Soccer n High School SAT testing

Sunday, October 23 n High School ACT testing

Monday, October 31 n BT Plus PreSchool Fall Classes begin n BT Plus Lower School Fall Classes resume

JUST FOR ADULTS Mondays, October 10, 31 n BT in the AM

Wednesday, October 26 n Annual Campaign Acharai Dinner preceding Mercaz Lecture n Opening Mercaz Lecture

Monday, October 31 n Mercaz Book Club: Orphan #8 by Kim van Alkemade

BT CARES! Thursday, October 20 n Yachad Program

Friday, October 28 n HELP Lunches

BIRTHDAY PARTIES AT BT

We Do it All!

Hold your birthday party at Beth Tfiloh and leave the planning to us! We provide the food and a choice of packages including sports, arts and crafts, and cooking. For more information, please contact Jen Postal at 410-413-2224 or jpostal@btfiloh.org.

SHABBAT AND HOLIDAYS Saturday, October 1 n Kid Cong: Chocolate Shabbat n Babysitting, Children’s and Young Adult Services n PreSchool Family Service n Family Shofar Blowing

n PS “Under the Sea” Dinner featuring fish and chips and family entertainment n Magical Musical Sukkot Celebration with our guest New York Chassidim

Thursday, October 20 n B’nai Mitzvah Dinner in the Sukkah for families celebrating in 2018

n Young Adult “Shmooze” with Rabbi Wohlberg

Saturday, October 22

n Tashlich at Rabbi Wohlberg’s home

n Kid Cong: Saturday Sundaes in the Sukkah

n Minyan Meyuchad

n Middle School & Teen Minyan Services Saturday Sundaes in the Sukkah

Tuesday, October 4 - Rosh Hashanah n Babysitting, Children’s and Young Adult Services n PreSchool Family Service

n PreSchool Sukkah Hop

Sunday, October 23

n Family Shofar Blowing

n Hebrew School Sukkah Hop

Friday, October 7

Monday, October 24

n Friday Night Live/First Friday Shabbat

n Shemini Atzeret - Yizkor

Saturday, October 8

n “Lisa’s Unicycle & Circus Show” will entertain and delight our children after their services.

n Shabbat Shuvah Drasha: “Kavod HaBryiot - Human Dignity as it Relates to Jew and Gentile, Male and Female, Gay and Straight . . . and Donald Trump

n Erev Simchat Torah–Dancing in the Streets and dairy dinner

n B’nai Mitzvah Program

Tuesday, October 25

Tuesday, October 11

n Women’s Davening

n Kol Nidre n Babysitting, Children’s and Young Adult Services

Wednesday, October 12 - Yom Kippur n Babysitting, Children’s and Young Adult Services n PreSchool Family Service n Minyan Meyuchad

Thursday, October 13 & Friday, October 14

OCTOBER

Monday, October 3 - Rosh Hashanah

Wednesday, October 19

n Simchat Torah festivities continue n Congregational BBQ Kiddush

Friday, October 28 n 11th Grade Shabbaton

Saturday, October 29 n Kid Cong: Shabbat B’reishit Creation Stations n “What’s on the Rabbi’s Mind?”–Post-Kiddush discussion with the rabbis

n Schach Pick-up

Monday, October 17 - Sukkot n Babysitting, Children’s and Young Adult Services/Petting Zoo

Tuesday, October 18 - Sukkot n Babysitting, Children’s and Young Adult Services n Lower & Middle School Sukkah Hop

Wednesday, October 19

Musical Sukkot Celebration Put on your dancing shoes and get ready to toast our visiting Chassidim from Brooklyn, NY who will infuse our Sukkot with their unique spirit and joy. Make this a Chol HaMoed like no other….

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November SCHOOL OPEN HOUSES

Wednesday, November 2 & Tuesday, November 29 n Lower School Tour with Principals, 9 am

Wednesday, November 16 n Middle School Open House, 7 pm

Monday, November 21

n High School Open House, 7 pm

Sunday, November 6

BETH TFILOH BLOOD DRIVE

SHABBAT AND HOLIDAYS Friday, November 4 n Friday Night Live/First Friday Shabbat

Saturday, November 5 n Noach Shabbat with Animal Show n Minyan Meyuchad

Friday, November 11 n Spirit of Shabbat Dinner with guest Israeli diplomat, Herb Keinon, in conjunction with The Baltimore Shabbat Project (see p. 17)

Saturday, November 12 n Kid Cong: Get Up & Go Lech Lecha n B’nai Mitzvah Program n “What’s on the Rabbi’s Mind?”

Saturday, November 19 n Kid Cong: Be Our Guest!

Save a life. Protect your family by becoming a blood donor or volunteering. Co-sponsored by the Brotherhood, Youth Center and BT Cares!

n Guest Morah in Cookie Minyan and Mini Minion

MERCAZ FALL PROGRAMS

n Beth Tfiloh Alumni Shabbat

Tuesday, November 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 – Hebrew Reading Crash Course, Elana Vogel

BT CARES!

n Special PreSchool Family Kiddush Lunch

Saturday, November 26

Wednesdays, November 2, 9, 16 – Mercaz Fall Semester, “Sibling Rivalries: Does God Play Favorites?” Presenters: Rabbi Mitchell Wohlberg and Dr. Christopher Leighton (Institute for Islamic, Christian and Jewish Studies)

Sunday, November 6

Thursday, November 3 – Larry Katz Downtown Lunch & Learn, Rabbi Chai Posner

Tuesday, November 15

Tuesday, November 8 – BT Professional Network Monday, November 21 - Challah-luya

n BT Blood Drive

Monday, November 7-Friday, November, 18 n Wolfe Street Academy Clothing Drive n Yachad Program

Friday, November 18 n HELP Lunches (see p. 14)

Sunday, November 20 n B’nai Mitzvah volunteer at Baltimore Station

Monday, November 21 n Dessert Drop-Off

Monday, November 28-Friday, December 16 n Glove Collection for Community Mitzvah Day 16

SCHOOL AND YOUTH

Tuesday, November 1

Sunday, November 13

n Sisterhood Game Day

n High School AIPAC Leadership Conference

Tuesdays, November 1, 8, 15, 22, 29

Tuesday & Thursday, November 15 & 17

n Beginner’s Hebrew Reading Crash Course n Intermediate Hebrew Reading Classes

n High School Fall Play: Neil Simon’s Lost In Yonkers

n “Best of” Talmud Class

Sunday, November 20

Wednesday, November 2

n Sunday Sports: Basketball Begins

n Mercaz Book Club: Orphan #8 by Kim van Alkemade

Wednesday, November 23

Wednesdays, November 2, 9, 16 n Mercaz Fall Semester n Mercaz Fellows n Yaffe Scholars

Thursday, November 3 n Larry Katz Downtown Lunch & Learn

Mondays, November 7, 14, 21, 28 n BT in the AM

NOVEMBER

JUST FOR ADULTS

n Middle School Mystery Movie Trip

Wednesday-Saturday, November 23-26 n Alumni Weekend

Wednesday, November 30 n Weiner Tournament Pep Rally

Wednesday-Saturday, November 23-28

ALUMNI WEEKEND

Tuesday, November 8 n BT Professional Network - Guest Speaker: Barry Garber, Financial Advisor

Sunday, November 13 n Sisterhood Shop ‘til You Drop Boutique

Wednesday, November 16 n The Lunch Bunch

Saturday, November 19 n Sisterhood/Brotherhood Bingo

Monday, November 21 n Challah-luya: “What to Do with Challah Leftovers” n Brotherhood Bowling Night

Monday & Wednesday, November 28 & 30 n Mercaz Book Club

Tuesday, November 29 n Yaffe Scholars

Wednesday, November 23 Alumni Visiting Day Alumni Reunion at Mt. Washington Tavern Saturday, November 26 Alumni Games and Hall of Fame Induction Class of 2001, 15 Year Reunion Class of 2006, 10 Year Reunion Class of 2011, 5 Year Reunion

Shabbat, November 11-12

The Baltimore Shabbat Project Beth Tfiloh is an official participant in The Baltimore Shabbat Project, an international event. BT will be hosting a beautiful Shabbat dinner meal open to all as part of the Shabbat Project weekend.

Share a Shabbat dinner to remember with friends, family, great food and that BT Shabbat spirit.

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December

SHABBAT AND HOLIDAYS

Saturday, December 10

n Hoops and Havdallah

TORAHQUEST 2016 An Evening of Jewish Enlightenment Join the Beth Tfiloh family for TorahQuest 2016, a stimulating evening of workshops, discussions and classes on a wide range of Jewish topics. Following Havdalah and a keynote address by Avraham Infeld, one of the most unique and compelling Avraham Infeld teachers and leaders in the Jewish world today, participants will attend a choice of workshops in two sessions on a wide range of Jewish issues. A dessert reception will follow.

December 24-January 1

CHANUKAH

Celebrate Chanukah at BT

Saturday, December 3 n Weiner Tournament Shabbaton

Friday, December 9 n Friday Night Live/First Friday Shabbat

Saturday, December 10 n Kid Cong: PJ Shabbat n 2nd Grade Kiddush Lunch n Minyan Meyuchad n B’nai Mitzvah Program

Saturday, December 17 n “What’s on the Rabbi’s Mind?” n Kid Cong: Indoor Winter Games

Tuesday, December 20 n Family Pre-Chanukah Bingo

Saturday, December 24 n First Night of Chanukah / n Kid Cong: Hot Chocolate Shabbat

JUST FOR ADULTS Mondays, December 5, 12, 19 n BT in the AM Program

Tuesdays, December 6, 13, 20 n “Best of” Talmud Class

Tuesdays, December 7*, 13, 20 n Yaffe Scholars Program

(*Wednesday)

Thursday, December 8 n Larry Katz Downtown Lunch & Learn

December 20: Annual Pre-Chanukah Bingo brings families of all ages together. Bring a gift to bring holiday joy to others celebrating Chanukah and other winter holidays. Dinner, exciting games and prizes will get us in the mood for Chanukah.

December 24: Chinese Food and Movie Night After Shabbat, come light the first Chanukah candle at BT with family and friends before eating a delicious Chinese meal and watching a movie together in our Theatre. No lines...no meals to order in.

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Saturday, December 10 n Torah Quest

Monday, December 12 n Brotherhood Big Screen Ravens Game

Monday & Wednesday, December 19 & 21 n Book Club: In the Courtyard of the Kabbalist

Wednesday, December 21 n The Lunch Bunch

SCHOOL AND YOUTH

Monday, December 5

Wednesday-Sunday, November 30-December 4

n Dessert Drop-Off

n Weiner Basketball Tournament

Monday-Friday, December 5-16

Sunday, December 4

n Lower School Toy Drive

n High School SAT testing

Tuesday, December 6

Sunday, December 11, 18

n Casserole Making

n Sunday Sports: Basketball

Fridays, December 9, 16

Monday, December 12

n HELP Lunches (see p. 14)

n PreSchool Football Social

Sunday, December 11

Friday, December 16

n Brotherhood volunteers at Baltimore Station

n 8th Grade Shabbaton

Tuesday, December 13

Monday, December 19

n YACHAD Program

n Middle School Winter Concert

December 13, 15, 21, 22

Sunday-Tuesday, December 18-20

n BT Puppeteers Chanukah Puppet Show performances at local nursing homes

n Dreidel Shop

Tuesday, December 20 n Toy Collection at Family Chanukah Bingo to benefit Hackerman Patz House

Sunday, December 25 n Community Mitzvah Day

DECEMBER

BT CARES!

Friday, December 23 n Winter Break begins (School resumes on Jan. 3)

Saturday, December 24 n Chinese Food & Movie Night Celebrating the First Chanukah candle

November 30-December 4

30th ANNUAL WEINER BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT Beth Tfiloh hosts the premier basketball tournament for Jewish high school teams throughout the country. Now in its 30th year, students from across the U.S., Canada and Israel will come to BT to play competitive ball, develop friendships, and share Shabbat traditions with our special community.

Join us at the games, and watch our terrific BT teens play and host other Jewish teen athletes. We are particularly excited to host for the second year, the team from the Boyar High School in Jerusalem, home school of our Shaliach, Haggai Lavie. Our teams for this year’s 30th will be Yavneh from Dallas, HANC from Nassau County NY, Ramaz from NYC, CHAT from Toronto and host Beth Tfiloh.

A special concert with Israeli rap singer Nissim Black will be held during the Tournament.

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Beth Tfiloh Congregation and Schools

BETH TFILOH CONGREGATION Roz & Marvin H. Weiner Family Campus 3300 Old Court Road / Baltimore, MD 21208

Non-Profit Org U.S. Postage PAID Permit No. 1262 Baltimore, MD

switchboard: 410-486-1900 fax: 410-653-0603 Schedule of Services: Dial 6, 2 Information Hotline: 410-413-2345 mail@btfiloh.org www.BethTfiloh.com

beth tfiloh congregation

Rabbi Mitchell Wohlberg 410-413-2215 Hazzan Avraham Albrecht 410-413-2212 Rabbi Chai Posner 410-413-2219 Rabbi Chaim Wecker Ritual Director, 410-413-2218 Eve Kresin Steinberg Executive Director, 410-413-2251 Tom Moran Chief Operating Officer, 410-413-2210 Don Weinapple VP, Finance, 410-413-2291 Holly Venick Director of Synagogue Life, 410-413-2244 Lowell Herman, President Fran Pruce, Board Chairman Ed Kelly Brotherhood President, 410-413-2238 Marlene Friedenberg Sisterhood President, 410-413-2239 Evelyn Gross & Shirley Miller Sisterhood Gift Shop, 410-413-2227

SAVE THE DATE for these special Winter/Spring 2017 events! n January 4

Penn Lecture featuring Yavilah McCoy

n January 15 BT Cares & Sisterhood Clothing Drive n January 28 Brotherhood Cholent Cook-Off n February 4 All-Star Shabbat n February 11 Shabbat Shirah/Spirit of Shabbat Lunch n February 12 BT CARES! Mitzvah Crafts Event n March 5

BT CARES! Mishloach Manot Making Event

n March 11

Megillah Reading/Shushan Street Carnival

n March 12

Purim Seudah featuring “Soul Farm”

n Spring 2017 Dahan Lecture with Abraham Foxman

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beth tfiloh dahan community school

switchboard: 410-486-1905

Zipora Schorr Director of Education, 410-413-2305 Melissa Lebowitz PreSchool Director, 410-413-2303 Nina Wand Lower School Principal, 410-413-2508 Rabbi Yehuda Oratz Middle School Principal, 410-413-2407 Dr. Renee Koplon High School Principal, 410-413-2235 Brian Singer Hebrew School Coordinator, 410-413-2523 Laurie Kott Director of Admission, 410-413-2308 Harriet Rosen School Administrator, 410-413-2310 Mandi Miller Development Director, 410-413-2399 Allison Magat President, Board of Trustees Laura Wolf Parent Association President, 410-413-2314

beth tfiloh youth center

Cherie Brownstein Director 410-413-2220

mercaz dahan center for jewish life and learning

n April 7

Pre-Pesach Shabbat Dinner

n May 1

Yom Ha’Atzma’ut Celebration

n May 14

Lag B’Omer Festivities at BT Camp

n May 30

Erev Shavuot/Tikun Leil Shavuot

Lindsay Gaister Coordinator, 410-413-2224

n June 1

Shavuot Lunch & Learn

n June 11

Graduation

n June 19

First Day of BT Camp

Joan Feldman Director of Communications, 410-413-2312 Rina Goloskov Asst. Dir. of Communications, 410-413-2369 Lori Bernstein Graphic Designer, 410-413-2216 Charlene Schimberg Communications Associate, 410-413-2217

Sandy Vogel Director, 410-413-2306

beth tfiloh camps 410-517-3451 David Schimmel Director

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